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Piston rings are used to seal the cavity formed between the piston and cylinder in order to allow the engine to operate efficiently. The Piston rings wear out due to constant rubbing action with cylinder wall and also have to withstand very high temperature. The top compression ring is the closest to combustion gases and is exposed to the greatest amount of chemical corrosion and highest operating temperature. This has lead to development of new coatings to piston ring with good wear and corrosion resistance. One such coating is Nickel Phosphorus (Ni-P) and Nickel Phosphorus composite coating (Ni-P SiC) used in automotive industry. Reinforcement of ceramic particle not only enhances the tribological property but also the corrosion resistance behavior. The electroplated Ni-P & Ni-P metal matrix with ultra-fine SiC particles of 0.6 microns to a coating thickness of 30 microns minimum.

Cutting liquids are important for cutting titanium. In spite of the fact that ventures are discovering routes that to cut titanium dry, the properties of this material reason imperative deterrents for doing this. It is sticky, has low Thermal conductivity, and highlights a low flash point. Thus, the chips don't divert the warmth, and the work will get sufficiently hot to touch off and consume. Cutting Fluids thwart the issue by greasing up the sting, flushing the chips away and cooling the work piece. To guarantee that the cutting liquid plays out these capacities well, titanium combinations lean toward cutting liquids conveyed at a high weight, generally inside the scope of 4,000 psi. to 7,000 psi. This thinks about reports the aftereffects of a Turning test led on the Ti- 6Al- 4V compound of the symmetrical exhibit with Grey relational analysis by Taguchi Method.

Piston rings are used to seal the cavity formed between the piston and the cylinder in order to allow the engine to operate efficiently. The piston rings wear out due to constant rubbing action with cylinder wall and also have to withstand high temperature. This has lead to the development of new piston ring coatings with good wear properties under increasingly challenging running conditions. To improve the wear resistance of the piston rings several coating techniques are employed. One such technique is Ni-P composite coating which is widely used in the automotive industry. Reinforcement of ceramic particles enhances the tribological and mechanical properties of the coating. The base material of the piston ring used in this study is hardened carbon steel. The main objective is to develop an optimum Ni-P composite coating on piston ring to improve wear and friction resistance.

The study deals with the surface modification of EN 8 steel by hot dip aluminizing and nitriding, for improving the surface characteristics. The microstructure, microhardness and wear of aluminized, diffused and nitrided (ADN) steel were studied. The studies were conducted based on Taguchi techniques in order to reduce the experimentation efforts. The surface hardness of ADN steel was increased to a maximum of 1200 Hv0.1. X-ray diffraction studies have confirmed the presence of aluminium nitrides in the surface layer which is instrumental for the significant increase in hardness. The wear resistance of ADN steel is high compared to the base metal (BM) and it also has the lowest coefficient of friction. The process parameters were optimized based on the experiments. This could be used for automotive piston rings, where wear is critical.